South China Sea Territory Disputes

Test firing of Type 88 surface-to-ship missile
South China Sea reefs and islands
Map of Reed Bank
BRP Quezon
CCTV screenshot of Chinese Coast Guard personnel on Sandy Cay
Scarborough Shoal
Itu Aba / Taiping Island
Subi Reef, Spratly Islands, South China Sea, in May 2015
The Type 054A guided-missile frigate Yiyang (Hull 548) attached to a destroyer flotilla with the East China Sea Fleet under the PLA Navy steams in waters of the East China Sea during a maritime live-fire training exercise on January 26, 2018
China's maritime claim (red) and UNCLOS exclusive economic zones (blue) in the South China Sea
Itu Aba / Taiping Island
Japan joins Philippine-US Balikatan military exercises as full-fledged participant
Taiwan, China and Matsu Islands
Scarborough Shoal
Amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island, right, transits with Philippine navy ships BRP Tarlac, left, and BRP Jose Rizal during a replenishment-at-sea rehearsal for Balikatan 23, April 15, 2023 in the Philippines territorial waters
Naval vessels from the Philippines, the US, Australia, and Japan participate in a Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity in the Philippines' EEZ waters in the South China Sea, April 7, 2024.
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Screen capture of a US Navy video showing a Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy ship cutting across the path of a US Navy destroyer in the Taiwan Strait, June 3, 2023.
Photograph of a China Coast Guard ship shadowing the Philippine Coast Guard multi-role response vessel BRP Malapascua while the latter is en route to Thitu Island in the Spratlys, May 27, 2025
Pratas/Dongsha Island
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